The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1887-12-09
The Argentine Republic.

The Argentine Republic.
An interesting article in the current
nun eF from Harper's Magazine pre-.
seuts extraordinary facts and statistics
inreluion 20 the present condition OF
the mot extreme southern country of
the America continent. TIE Aurgen-
tine Republic reaches now t0the Straits
of Magellan, comprising The whole Of
what was designated on the map Of
Patagonia, except the strip on the west
coast between the sea and the noun
tains, which is q part of Chill. The
eastern region IL given over to grazing
Tor the most part. The indians haye
been cxtermiuated, and cattle and
seep roam the region as they do our
western plains. The annual produc-
ton here is immense. These proper
tions will afford an idea of 1t: In the
United States there are 400O0.0OO cat
tie, 100000 sheep; in the Argentine
Republic, as.00O,O0O cattle, 100000
When II is remembered that the popu-
lation Of the United States is 90 100000,
and that of the Argentine Republic a.
100000, the greatest difference will be
apparent.
The growth of the Argentine Re
public Is not less astonishing. In the
last twenty-five years our country has
increased 90 per cent; that of this
southern nation l54 per cent, Its i'm
migration is, of course enormous in
proportion to its population. and it is
made up mostly of Italians and Bas-
ques, with Germans, Swiss and Swe-
des also. Perhaps its remarkable at
titnde towards the other nations Of
the earth may be best indicated by
some facts relating 10 the chief city,
Buenos Ayers Is not only very much
ahead of any other Spanish American
city In the character of its enlightened
enterprise, but IL is will abreast of any
North American city, and in some re-
spec,s in advance of them all. IL has
been compared TO Chicago. Five rail-
roads radiale from Buenos Ayers in
different directions; l22 miles OF street
car tracks are within its limits; there
are more telephones in use in proper
tion to the population than in any 9TH
er city on the globe; the electric light is
employed more generally for the
streets, dwellings and business houses
than In New York or Boston; nine
theaters are constantly open; Italian
opera is given twice week for six
months in the year at SO a ticket, and
there are twenty-one daily newspapers!
There are banks which do larger
volume of business on q greater capi-
tai than almost any in the world, and
occupy maniicent buildings of glass
and marble. One has capital of S37,-
000,0OO "A circulation Of So 1000, depos-
its amounting TO S50,00O,000, and S67,-
100000 Of loans aud discounts. The de
posts in ali the banks amount TO S64
per capita, against 40 in the United
States.
This city has not good harbor, and
the foreign commerce of which it is the
agent is done under dIfIlclties. This
commerce has increased in its imports
over 100 per cent in ten years.
OF the newspapers above named but
two are English, and it is not altogether
agreeable to read that the most enter
prising of these is conducted by Wins
low, the forger, who fled TO Buenos
Ayers from this locality. The popu-
lation is about 100000, and twenty-one
daily newspapers TO tits very large
percentage.--From the Boston Herald.